Trousers support



Mar. 3. 1925.

G. F. WALLACE TROUSERS SUPPORT Filed Oct. 13, 1

Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

UNIT-EDLSTIATES GEORGE E. WALLACE, OF NEWTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

TROUSERS surronr.

Application filed October 13, 1924. Serial No. 743,294.

T 0 all 107mm it may concern Be it known that I. GEORGE F. lVALLAon, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Newton, in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement in Trousers Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a form of garment supporter which is especially designed for use in connection with a belt, to prevent sagging of the front portion of the trousers in connection with which the belt is worn, and has for its objects to provide asimple device which is adapted to be readily connected with the top middle button of the trousers and with the belt at each end of the belt buckle, so that, when in position, sagging of the trousers below the belt at the front will not be permitted, and the belt will be securely held in the middle position.

I accomplish these objects by providing a form of clip which, in a general way, comprises a pair of oppositely extending arms, having end hooks adapted to engage the top edges of the belt at each end of the buckle and a central button receiving recess for attaching the clip to the trousers.

For a more complete understanding of my invention. reference is made to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a garment clip embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof showing the clip in position of use.

Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 4: is a combined perspective, and central sectional view thereof.

As shown in the drawing the clip comprises two fiat arm portions a and bof similar form and a U-shaped connecting portion a forming the bottom portion of a button-receiving recess d. disposed between the adjacent ends of said arms. The arms a, Z) extend oppositely in approximately the same plane, and the arin b is made slightly longer than the arm a and is provided with an off-set portion 0 near its end, for a purpose to be explained. The. end portions of said arms are each extended perpendicularly forward and downward in two right angular bends to form hooks f and 1, the space between the depending portions of each hook and the end portions of the arms being sufficient to permit the upper edge portion of a belt h to be inserted therebetween. Preferably the space between the front and back sides of the hook g is sufficient to receive the overlapping portion of the belt.

In using the device, after the belt has been drawn tight and fastened by the buckle z, the clip is held with the hooks extending outward, and passed upward between the belt buckle and the trousers in such a position that the shank of the top button 70 will be received by the entrance to the recess d. The clip will then be pushed upward until the bottom of said recess is engaged by the button shank. The passage of the clip into engagement with the button shank is facilitated by bending the metal inward slightly at each side of the entrance to the recess, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. and the recess has a slightly contracted throat portion formed therein, so that, after the button shank has been received by the lower portion of the recess, this contracted portion will sustain the clip until it is finally adjusted. The hooks f and g are then placed over the upper edge of the belt and pressed down until the edge of the belt engages the bottom of the hooks, which is the position in which it is to be worn, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. As thus arranged the clip will be supported by the belt, which, in turn, will engage the button 70, so as to support the trousers with the top edge adjacent the top edge of the belt as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. The belt will also be held thereby in the middle position.

The arm 7) of the clip is preferably bent slightly inward and formed with the oil set portion 6, to receive the portion of the buckle which carries the ordinary locking roll with which buckles, now most commonly used. are provided, so that this portion of the buckle will not hold the arm away from a position in which the hook g may be readily engaged with the top edge of the buckle, as shown in Fig. 3. The arm I) is also made slightly longer than the arm a, as the middle button 70 is usually positioned slightly to one side of the middle of the buckle when the latter is in the middle position.

The clip is of such form that it may be readily stamped from sheet metal and bent into the form illustrated.

I claim-- A combined trousers support and belt holding; clip comprising a pair of 'stifi arlns arranged to extend in opposite direetions, said arms having a U-shaped connection, continuous therewith, between their adjacent ends, providing an upwardly opening recess for receiving a button attaching means and said arms having forwardly extending and depending-hooks attheir ends arranged to be engaged with the upper edge portion of a belt at opposite ends of a belt 10 buckle. 1

In testiinony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE F. WALLACE. 

